True enough in a hospital or med office setting.
However in Bidens case with his quite apparent disability requiring quick IV drug delivery while wearing a suit and tie and the need to disguise that fact in a public setting, it's a PR solution.
With 30 minute breaks,it's a matter of seconds to place the IV port and start the juice jump starting the brain, withdraw the port and send him back.
Might also explain his the "Lids" and his hiding in the basement.
Politics drives the need to hide his deteriorating condition...aided by the media, just as FDRs polio and JFKs Addisons disease. BTW, yt has an old news highlights reel that shows then Gov. FDR using a cane and supported by an aide, clearly having difficulty remaining upright...
FWIW, I've had IV ports on the back of the hand several times, never a pleasant placement, but necessary under conditions at the time.
Yeah, I’ve had IV ports on the back of my hands too. Just this past Sunday I was wo work in the hospital I work in and couldn’t catch my breath. Had to be keep over night. This is the second time this has happened to me in tow months.
Damn good thing I work in a hospital ER. The nurse put a port in my left hand. She said ‘’You’ve got beautiful veins. Nice and ropy’’.